Even apes need water
It is indeed a very humiliating and irresponsible when the Opposition which coincidentally the ruling coalition at federal level opted to persuade or in my opinion bribe the people of a state that they will enjoy a clean water supply if they are elected to lead the state come the next general election.
They were the government of the state before 1990 , 20 years ago and furthermore they are the government at higher level, which makes them even more powerful than a mere state government. What have they done before? Where were they when they were the government 20 years ago? Clean water as far as living things are concerned is a necessity and not a luxury item. Everyone and everything needs clean water to survive therefore it is incumbent upon them to provide such necessity if the current state government is not able to do so and not to bait the people with such promise. If the private sector has what is called social responsibility thus a government therefore has to shoulder the responsibility since they are accountable here and in the Hereafter for their action and inaction.
The ruling coalition is well-known for their hand-twisting tactics as such. Promises were given at ease and as they pleased without really caring to uphold them. During many occasions, they had promised many things but had fulfilled so little though they have the means to do so. In fact, they have abundant resources at their disposal but they lack sincerity and a sense of responsibility.
The problem of legal and illegal immigrants in Sabah for instance has been there for a very long time but the government controlled by the ruling coalition is seemed to be reluctant to approach and solve the cancerous problem once and for all. Rather, they opt for piece by piece approach which has so far fail to solve the problem but to certain extent seems to aggravate it. They might have some hideous political agenda in dragging their feet on the matter - their own political agenda but tacitly proclaiming religion as their basis of inaction.
Today, people are no longer naive like the old days when the then former fourth PM was in power. Today he has the audacity of saying that people during his time especially those non Muslims were happy but what he did not say but now has become an open secret is that his iron fist style of governance is actually the reason behind the artificial peace during his tenure. As time progress, dictatorship has lost its grip on the people and today instead of reading and believing the mainstream media, people prefer to read them with caution, no longer trusting what is reported without resorting to the other side of the story which luckily is shared by the new media which has become the new mainstream media.
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